Amazon AI Built To Hire People Discriminated Against Women
- 6 years ago
Business Insider reports that Amazon worked on building an AI to help with hiring people, but the plans backfired when it discovered the system discriminated against women.
Citing five sources, Reuters said Amazon set up an engineering team in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2014. Their mission was to find a way to automate its recruitment.
They created 500 computer models to trawl through past candidates' resumes and pick up on around 50,000 key terms.
Citing five sources, Reuters said Amazon set up an engineering team in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2014. Their mission was to find a way to automate its recruitment.
They created 500 computer models to trawl through past candidates' resumes and pick up on around 50,000 key terms.